Beer Scene in Feuerbach-Stuttgart

Are you serious?

 

Glad we could help. It's good to know there's another good Getränkemarkt we can recommend in the Stuttgart area. I had never heard of Heinrich 3000, so it's good to know for the future requests we get.

Did you ever get around to the plant in Bamberg and try the beers there?

 

I just want to quibble a bit...this was an accurate picture (maybe) of the Stuttgart beer scene, not the German beer scene. There are lots of good/great beers in Germany, but also lots of places on the map that are stuck in the Pils/Export/Weizen model. That said, I also think someone who comes to Germany looking for American craft or Belgian specialties is setting him/herself up for disappointment - that just isn't in the DNA here yet. Sometimes you just have to do a little digging to find the treasures. I'm glad you at least found a few that you enjoyed.

 

Did you get a chance to drink Dinkel Acker CD Pils? If so, what was your impression of that beer. It appear that this beer is now being imported into the US and a number of BAs are anxious to try it.

Cheers!

 

Maybe they should send back the Italian pizzas, Turkish döner kebaps, French wines, and Dutch cheeses to their respective countries, they obviously have no place in Germany.

 

I've noticed these threads and need to revisit this beer, I think. This area is well stocked with Dinkel Acker, and I'm sure I've tried it but don't remember being all that impressed. Next time I see one I'll pick it up and report back in the appropriate thread.

 

Here are the problems with your argument - and please, bear in mind this is coming from someone who enjoys Belgian beers and wishes they were more available here:

1) Italian pizzas and Turkish Döner are not being made in their respective countries and shipped here, they are being made by people who have settled here.
2) As far as I can tell, Germany's cheese is not a matter of national identity and pride (although the Bavaria Blue is good!)
3) Germans seem to feel that beer should be consumed where it is brewed. Check out this website of a relatively new Altbier brewery in Düsseldorf, particularly point #2: http://brauerei-kuerzer.de/?page_id=152
4) RE: French wine...well...I mean, who's going to turn down French wine?

I see the point that all these people coming here and asking where to find non-German beers is akin to going somewhere - anywhere - and telling them their beer is not good enough. This is particularly insulting to a German, I would think.

 

“ …I'm sure I've tried it but don't remember being all that impressed.” I pretty much stated that same sentiment in another thread where I stated:

“It has been an extremely long time since I drank a Dinkelacker so my beer memory is not very reliable but I do not recall that I found this beer to be remarkable”

Please do report back your findings.

Cheers!

 

Awful, bland, industrial German mass-pils. 08/15 as we say here.

 

FWIW, I fall pretty squarely in the camp of not a fan of Dinkel Acker's pils.

 

Thank you for your input. It has been a very, very long time since I had this beer and my memory of it is very consistent with your description.

Prost!

 

Well I will follow through with my promise, but the forecast for this experience is not looking very rosy.

 

You da man! Taking one for the team!!

Prost!

 

Just FYI, you'll have to be a bit patient (as with the Jever report). The local REWE carries the Stuttgart beers, but REWE shopping day is Saturday for me, and this Saturday I'll be headed to Düsseldorf (yay!) with some friends (possible trip-report, possible not) so no REWE shopping. Feel free to remind me that I owe you a Dinkel Acker Pils report. Unlike that Budweiser guy who (probably?) still owes you the numbers on that beer you had asked him about, I will get you your information, Jack! [I'd put a Smiley here but they've been weird for me since the update]

 

When it was imported previously, it was a far better Pils than the likes of Warsteiner or Radeburger -- 2 Pilsners that always seem to attract a lot of praise here at BA. It had bigger body and bolder malt character than either Spaten or Paulaner Pils, and though I never tried it alongside Jever, the price point made it a go-to for me.

That said, it was brewed for export by Spaten (under license by Dinkelacker), so I can't say how it may grab me direct from the Stuttgart brewery. Only time will tell.

 

What is being imported now/soon is going to be the Stuttgart stuff?

 

Yes. About 5 years ago (+/-) AB-InBev stopped Spaten from contracting the Dinkelacker for export so that they could use the brewery to brew more... Beck's.

 

Which did you get to try from Bamberg (and Munich)? Did you make the trip(s) there? Assuming the Keesmann standout for you was the pils?